Queenstown to Love Point -
Baltimore & Eastern

 

 

This view, facing west, shows the abandoned right of way of the Baltimore & Eastern (the grassy section to the left of the road).  This location is near the pier at Love Point, where the Chester River joins Chesapeake Bay. Photo from Mike Palmer, May 2003.

 

 

 

 

 

The Baltimore & Eastern operated several light density branch lines east of Chesapeake Bay.  This section operated from Queenstown through Winchester, Narrows, Chester, and Stevensville to a pier a Love Point. Little trace of this line exists today. 

The segment from Stevensville to Love Point ran adjacent to Maryland Rte 18, but there was no remnant of the grade except where it curved right to access the pier, and in the final approach to the pier location.  The curved right of way passes behind some private residences.

The Stevensville depot survives, but in Chester and Narrows the rebuilt marinas and upgraded highway US 50/US 301 have removed traces of the rail line in the area.